From Publishers Weekly\nMcEnroe, syndicated columnist with the Hartford Courant, offers a mixed bag of humor ranging from genuine rib-ticklers to the merely silly. He reveals new facets of love-hate relationships between couples and their pets; chronicles his victimization by bugs and other forms of backyard wildlife. McEnroe also pokes fun at the scientific establishment with zany scenarios involving research animals: in a piece on dinosaurs, one character wants to regroup them into a new class, Livewirae. There is a story about the lovelorn moose in Shrewsbury, Vt.; one about peacocks and dogs auditioning for modern dance and opera ("no pooch in Puccini"); and a relatively serious account of a visit to a llama farm in Maine. All this is effective when taken in small doses; McEnroe is at best a remote heir of S. J. Perelman. 
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Swimming chickens: And other half-breasted accounts of the animal world

McEnroe, Colin

DOUBLEDAY

Humorous essays deal with dog pills, insects, chickens, talking animals, science, cats, dinosaurs, pigeons, Bigfoot, fish, bats, and bears

Swimming Chickens

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

My Father's Footprints: A Memoir

Starting with the death of his father and chronicling backwards, the author examines their relationship in order to understand his dad, not just as a father, but as a man.

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Grand Central Publishing

GÃ¶del's Incompleteness Theorems are among the most significant results in the foundation of mathematics. These results have a positive consequence: any system of axioms for mathematics that we recognize as correct can be properly extended by adding as a new axiom a formal statement expressing that the original system is consistent. This suggests that our mathematical knowledge is inexhaustible, an essentially philosophical topic to which this book is devoted. Basic material in predicate logic, set theory and recursion theory is presented, leading to a proof of incompleteness theorems. The inexhaustibility of mathematical knowledge is treated based on the concept of transfinite progressions of theories as conceived by Turing and Feferman. All concepts and results necessary to understand the arguments are introduced as needed, making the presentation self-contained and thorough.

Parenting & Relationships

Warner Books (NY)

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Swimming chickens: And other half-breasted accounts of the animal world

Swimming Chickens

My Father's Footprints: A Memoir

My Father's Footprints: A Memoir